STELA Reauthorization Creates 'Path Forward' for Four Corners TV Viewers, Bennet Says
Colorado’s Democratic senators are pleased with what resulted from the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act reauthorization process, they said. The House approved STELA reauthorization Wednesday and the Senate approved the measure Thursday (see 1411210036). “Coloradans in La Plata and…
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Montezuma counties have waited a long time for the opportunity to access local Colorado broadcasts,” said Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., in a news release Friday. “The current system doesn’t make sense for Southwest Colorado, but this bill will finally give folks a path forward to fix this problem. The President should quickly sign this bill.” Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., also urged a quick White House signature and claimed credit for the bill’s provisions “to give the people of Durango and Cortez access to the news, weather and emergency information most relevant to them.” Bennet and Udall have united to introduce legislation focused on such TV access items this year. The National Religious Broadcasters also issued a favorable reaction to the final product. “Thankfully, the final legislation passed without alterations to rules establishing the responsibility of pay-TV providers to carry local TV stations on their base platforms,” NRB Vice President-Government Relations Aaron Mercer said in a blog post. “NRB has been vocal in its concern that Congress not abandon the decades-old commitment to ‘Must Carry’ rules for local television, particularly religious television.”